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NATIONAL GRID VOLUNTEERS CLEAN-UP GROUNDS THROUGHOUT JOHNSTON ON EARTH DAY

100 Volunteers Clean-Up Johnston Memorial Park, Grounds of Municipal Court and Historic Cemeteries. Today, 100 National Grid employees in Rhode Island volunteered to clean-up Johnston Memorial Park, the grounds at Johnston Municipal Court and two local historic cemeteries in celebration of Earth Day 2014. Volunteers painted, raked, trimmed, planted, mulched and more.

“We are thankful for the hard work and commitment to community stewardship shown by National Grid’s many volunteers stationed throughout Johnston today,” said Daniel E. Mazzulla, Jr., director of the Johnston Parks and Recreation Department. “It’s important that our town sustains the properties that so many of our residents and visitors use frequently. We appreciate the help provided by National Grid.”

National Grid employees across three states – Rhode Island, Massachusetts and New York – volunteered to help with Earth Day projects on April 22 ranging from building playgrounds to work on neighborhood farms.

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“National Grid volunteers are proud to come together in our local communities, like Johnston, to focus on sustaining and improving the areas many of us live and work,” said Timothy F. Horan, president of National Grid in Rhode Island. “From small painting projects to larger park improvements, these Earth Day efforts have a lasting effect on our volunteers and our communities.”

For more information on National Grid’s commitment to sustainability and volunteering, please visit www.nationalgridus.com/commitment.

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About National Grid

National Grid (LSE: NG; NYSE:NGG) is an electricity and gas company that connects consumers to energy sources through its networks. The company is at the heart of one of the greatest challenges facing our society - to create new, sustainable energy solutions for the future and developing an energy system that underpins economic prosperity in the 21st century. National Grid holds a vital position at the center of the energy system and it ‘joins everything up’.

In the northeast US, we connect more than seven million gas and electric customers to vital energy sources, essential for our modern lifestyles. In Great Britain, we run the gas and electricity systems that our society is built on, delivering gas and electricity across the country. 

National Grid delivers electricity to approximately 3.3 million customers in Massachusetts, New York and Rhode Island. It is the largest distributor of natural gas in northeastern U.S., serving approximately 3.4 million customers in New York, Massachusetts and Rhode Island.

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